Landscape Construction and Graphics (HORT90035)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, student should be able to:

• Describe the important role landscape plans and their graphic presentation play in the industry
• Prepare professional landscape plans, including plant and material documentation.
• Identify the requirements for landscape grading and drainage of hard surfaces
• Communicate how different landscape structures work
• Explore appropriate design solutions for a range of different sites and their associated problems.
• Identify the professional responsibilities of landscape designers and when they need professional support from engineers and other associated fields.

Generic skills

• Sourcing, interpreting and applying information from written and electronic sources to individual tasks;
• Use scientific and technical literature to answer specific questions;
• Time management and the meeting of deadlines;
• Report on an experimental procedure using scientific conventions;
• Retrieval, from a range of paper-based and electronic sources, of information required to develop understanding of a topic, and the use of this information, with appropriate recognition, in report writing.